Read Edit View history 楚 chǔChǔ HSK2 clear Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 林 represents the meaning and 疋 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "bush". The meaning later shifted to "distinct" and "clear". Pinyin Separate values with commas chu × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 楚 Simp strokes 楚 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 楚 Simp strokes 楚 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 楚 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 212, 605 ], [ 222, 600 ], [ 275, 602 ], [ 421, 643 ], [ 484, 647 ] ], [ [ 350, 807 ], [ 371, 793 ], [ 389, 770 ], [ 373, 447 ], [ 381, 401 ] ], [ [ 358, 596 ], [ 343, 553 ], [ 287, 474 ], [ 248, 434 ], [ 200, 403 ], [ 195, 392 ], [ 171, 381 ] ], [ [ 402, 555 ], [ 414, 540 ], [ 442, 527 ], [ 454, 500 ] ], [ [ 525, 653 ], [ 545, 648 ], [ 599, 651 ], [ 690, 670 ], [ 763, 695 ], [ 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588,258 544,238C534,234 531,206 542,206Z", "M383,181C391,192 400,203 410,212C417,221 418,231 409,240C383,267 361,279 345,277C338,277 334,271 335,261C335,195 296,127 215,58C195,42 178,31 170,20C162,11 165,9 176,9C209,12 260,40 321,105C345,132 358,152 366,161C377,174 377,174 383,181Z", "M366,161C421,125 462,93 511,62C629,-13 698,-52 719,-53C761,-54 818,-36 892,-7C904,-2 910,2 911,5C911,10 906,14 895,15C853,22 807,28 759,34C688,44 614,66 536,101C505,115 505,115 490,122C452,140 426,155 383,181C375,186 359,166 366,161Z" ] } 13 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list 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